by Natalie | Feb 21, 2019 | Legal & Financial
A financial health check in your 40s or 50s could significantly improve your chances of a comfortable retirement. Retirement is increasingly seen as a long journey to look forward to, not, as it once was, a relatively short period of life that spelt the end of the...
by Natalie | Feb 14, 2019 | Legal & Financial
Many pleasure crafts are held as assets within a holding company so that the effective sale of the vessel might be carried out by just transferring the shares of the company (share deal). The taxation in case that the sale of the company having as only asset the...
by Natalie | Feb 5, 2019 | Legal & Financial
China welcomed in 2019 with a bit of a hangover, and there is a chance that it might just be contagious. The Chinese stock market suffered a 25% drop in value for the year. The world’s second largest economy is still growing however, and faster than almost all major...
by Natalie | Jan 25, 2019 | Legal & Financial
What do you tell the judge when it all goes pear-shaped? In the unfortunate event that an accident happens onboard your yacht, as captain or head of department you’ll have to demonstrate a good safety culture and responsible record keeping, so it’s...
by Natalie | Jan 14, 2019 | Legal & Financial
The French are revolting, and not for the first time obviously. They more or less invented it a couple of centuries ago, and they are at it again, and they do seem to do it better than almost anyone else. Last month many an increasing number of French citizens, donned...
by Natalie | Jan 5, 2019 | Legal & Financial
Question: I have a Cayman Island flagged vessel which is not VAT paid, can I charter here in Spain? Answer: since 10th of October 2018 , yes you can! Then after the pressure of the yachting and nautical industry lobby the Spanish Customs & Excise Tax...
